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Encouraging Active Participation in a Medical Setting: A Children's Book

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The purpose of this research paper is to evaluate the need for improved communication between physicians and their child patients. There have been great strides to include children in medical conversations with their health care providers but majority of the responsibility is currently being solely placed on the doctors and medical professionals, discouraging children from asserting themselves into the conversation. Currently, as a result of social health care programs, more children than ever before are going to the doctor, many of whom are not used to routine doctor check-ups. This overwhelms doctors with more patients who are unaware of the role they can play in their health experience. This paper proposes a prospective children's book to help bring this awareness to children, specifically to inform them that they are encouraged to be active in their communicative relationship with their doctors. Although many books have addressed normal fears within the doctor's office such as getting a shot, going through a procedure, and being observed by the doctor, none has focused on the communicative relationship between the doctor and patient. The projected book is able to translate the need of active children patients by following a small child's experience of being afraid of a doctor and communicating that fear to the doctor to improve trust between the doctor and the patient which will ultimately encourage the child to discuss all matters with their physician in the future. By improving communication and allowing children to learn how to care for themselves when ill, they ultimately avoid getting sick as frequently and require less doctor visits while improving patient satisfaction of the family and the child patient during health care encounters.

Date Created
2017-12
Contributors
  • Brandt, Madison Kemery (Author)
  • Parker, John (Thesis director)
  • Nishida, Tracy (Committee member)
  • Department of Psychology (Contributor)
  • Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Topical Subject
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Medical Communication
  • science and society
  • Doctor-patient Relationships
Extent
28 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
Series
Academic Year 2017-2018
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.45956
Level of coding
minimal
Cataloging Standards
asu1
System Created
  • 2017-12-01 11:00:12
System Modified
  • 2021-08-11 04:09:57
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  • 1 year 9 months ago
Additional Formats
  • OAI Dublin Core
  • MODS XML

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